Our world is exhausted by its persistent failure at stopping political disasters, such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Solution? Try tackling the issue first from an institutional design perspective. That's how the Chinese have done it for thousands of years.
By Fan Yongpeng, 28 March 2024
Few topics have been met with more enthusiasm in China’s cultural circle than the recent exploration of “What makes China China”. Those who are curious may now choose from a fresh emergence of works on the subject addressing “What makes China China” from various perspectives such as archaeology, history, and culture. It is also a topic I’m keen to contribute to from my own standpoint-the point of political civilization.
To understand what China is, one needs to look at the origin of its written language. The character “中” (zhōng) in 中国, which is China’s name for itself in its native language, means “middle” or “center”. The earliest version of the ch…
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